PESB to Interview Candidates for Director (HR) at Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) on November 10 – Indian PSU
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has shortlisted 12 candidates for the post of Director (Personnel) at Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. The selection meeting is scheduled for November 10, 2026, through video conferencing.
Harsh Nath Mishra, Director (Personnel) of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), is scheduled to retire on November 30, 2026. The post will fall vacant on December 1, 2026
The shortlisted candidates represent Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries, NTPC Limited, MSTC Limited and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
The selection process will begin at 11:30 AM and continue until 1:30 PM, according to the reported schedule.
Full List of 12 Candidates
The candidates shortlisted for the board-level position are:
- Rakesh Bhalla – Coal India Limited
- Surapureddi Venkata Ravindranath – Coal India Limited
- Durga Prasad Samal – Coal India Limited
- Jobiv P. – Central Coalfields Limited
- Suman Rastogi – Central Coalfields Limited
- Samir Barla – Northern Coalfields Limited
- Tamoshi Roy Chowdhury – Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Lalit Prakash Tirkey – Western Coalfields Limited
- Renuka Verma – MSTC Limited
- Vijaya Lakshmi Muralidharan – NTPC Limited
- Saurabh Sharma – NTPC Limited
- Rajendra Kumar Agrawal – Department of Personnel and Training
Key HR Leadership Position at CCL
The Director (Personnel) is a key functional director on CCL’s board, responsible for human resource management, industrial relations, talent development and employee welfare.
The position assumes particular importance in a large coal-mining organisation such as CCL, where workforce management, industrial relations, employee safety and welfare, and manpower planning are critical to operational performance.
The successful candidate will be expected to steer personnel policies and address human resource challenges while supporting the company’s operational and organisational priorities.
PESB to Make Recommendation
PESB will make its recommendation following the selection meeting. The recommendation will be part of the subsequent appointment process.
The November 10 meeting will determine which of the 12 shortlisted candidates emerges as the Board’s preferred choice for the Director (Personnel) position at CCL.
Industry sources say that candidates from Coal India and its subsidiaries have more chances of being selected and other candidates have an outside chance.
